Clinical and basic studies on the G-1 column, a new extracorporeal therapeutic device effective in controlling rheumatoid arthritis

Inflammation Research

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1998, Pages

  Kyogoku, M ^a   Kasukawa, R ^b  

^a OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal perfusion; G 1 column; Granulocytes; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE ACETATE;

ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; ANALGESIA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; GRANULOCYTE; HEALING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTE; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CELL SEPARATION; CELLULOSE; CYTAPHERESIS; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MICROSPHERES; NEUTROPHILS; RATS;

EID: 0031725201     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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